“If Islam were a violent religion, then all Muslims would be violent.” The Muslim Game: Most Muslims live peacefully, without harming others, so how can Islam be a violent religion? If Islam were the religion of terrorists, then why aren’t most Muslims terrorists? The Truth: The same question can easily be turned around. If Islam is a religion of peace, then why is it the only one that consistently produces religiously-motivated terrorist attacks each and every day of the year? Why are thousands of people willing and able to cut off an innocent person’s head or fly a plane full of passengers into an office building while screaming praises to Allah? Where’s the outrage among other Muslims when this happens… and why do they get more worked up over cartoons and hijabs? Rather than trying to answer a question with a question, however, lets just say that the reason why most Muslims dont kill is that regardless of what Islam may or may not teach its wrong to kill over religious beliefs. Consider that many Muslims would not even think of amputating a thiefs hand. Does this mean that it is against Islam to do so? Of course not! In fact, it is clearly mandated in both the Quran (5:38) and the example set by Muhammad according to the Hadith (Bukhari 81:792). As individuals, Muslims make their own choices about which parts of their religion they practice. However, even though believers may think whatever they want about what Islam says or doesnt say, it doesnt change what Islam says about itself. As a documented ideology, Islam exists independently of anyones opinion. As such, it may be studied objectively and apart from how anyone else practices or chooses to interprets it. The Quran plainly teaches that it is not only proper to kill in the name of Allah in certain circumstances, but that it is actually a requirement. Muslims who dont believe in killing over religion may be that way out of ignorance or because they are more loyal to the moral law written in their hearts than they are to the details of Muhammad’s religion. Those who put Islam first or know Islam best know otherwise. In fact, few Muslims have ever read the Quran to any extent, much less pursued an honest investigation of the actual words and deeds of Muhammad, which were more in line with hedonism, deception, power and violence than with moral restraint. The harsh rules that Muslim countries impose on free speech to protect Islam from critique also prevent it from being fully understood. In the West, many Muslims, devout or otherwise, simply prefer to believe that Islam is aligned with the Judeo-Christian principles of peace and tolerance, even if it means filtering evidence to the contrary. It is no coincidence, however, that the purists who take Islam too heart are far more likely to become terrorists than humanitarians. Those most prone to abandoning themselves to Muhammads message without moral preconception are always the more dangerous and supremacist-minded. They may be called ‘extremists’ or ‘fundamentalists,’ but, at the end of the day, they are also dedicated to the Qur’an and following the path of Jihad as mandated by Muhammad.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:49:35 +0000
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